How to use the tar tool to extract archive files

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Overview:

Solution Steps:

to extract the archive file /path/to/archive.tar.gz in the local folder

tar -xvf /path/to/archive.tar.gz

where x -> extract, v -> verify, f -> file.

to extract the archive file /path/to/archive.tar.gz in a different folder

tar -xvf /path/to/archive.tar.gz -C /path/to/folder